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Jakarta-based investment app Pluang raises $55M led by Accel

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The app is also launching a new features that will users to invest in fractional U.S. Affordability is an incredibly important thing to address for our new retail investors,” said co-founder and co-CEO Claudia Kolonas. . Indonesia has high rates of savings and relatively low rates of retail investing, but that is quickly changing.

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

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The PGA of America is building a world-class resort with multiple golf courses and retail shops near Dallas, due to be complete next year. Everything had to fight for its life,” the CTO says. Now, all internal systems have been shut down and most of PGA’s data is running on AWS or SaaS.

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Pledge raises $4.5M seed round to build a carbon-measurement and removal API

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Plus, smaller companies want to access high-quality carbon credits, but calculate their impact at a product, services and transactional level, and be able to purchase a fraction of a carbon credit rather than a very inaccurate “scheme.”. There is very little transparency around carbon offsets. It’s now raised a $4.5

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#749 The Revolution of Conversational Commerce with Michael Klein, Creative Tech Marketer & Consultant

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All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! For booking inquiries, email booking@proseriesmedia.com About Michael Klein Michael Klein is a strategic business advisor with deep expertise in the technology and consumer industries. To learn more about Michael’s upcoming fireside chat with Algolia, visit this page.

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Meta alumni’s startup TrueFoundry raises $2.3 million to accelerate ML deployments

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Choudhary, who serves as CTO at TrueFoundry, also worked at Meta as a software engineer and helped the social networking giant develop products including mobile apps and live video. It’s also looking to onboard advisors who can help promote the platform and expand its reach. million in a round led by Sequoia India’s Surge.

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This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

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Upon completing graduate school, he began working as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and then as a financial advisor for pro athletes for NBA stars Chris Paul and Stephen Curry as well as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. . from Columbia Business School so that he could work in the field.

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Hiro Capital puts $2.3M into team sports tracking platform PlayerData — as does Sir Terry Leahy

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Also investing in the round is Sir Terry Leahy, previously the CEO of Tesco, the largest British retailer. It can, for instance, allow coaches to replay key moments from a game, even modeling different outcomes based on player positioning. He’s joined by Hayden Ball, co-founder and CTO, a firmware and cloud infrastructure expert.

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